Out with the old, on to the next. There’s been a lot of 2016 bashing going on, and I can’t entirely disagree. It had its shitty moments. We lost Prince, Bowie, Princess Leia, Merle Haggard and Guy Clark. To name a few. A lot of people I know and love had a tough go this … [Read more…]
Man that went quick, didn’t it? I guess it always does. Did some traveling this summer. Did some music. Did some fun summer stuff. Now the weather is getting chilly. Really, this morning was downright cool. We were out east for the first half of July, and while staying in Provincetown, at the very Eastern … [Read more…]
So it’s release day. If you didn’t know about this before landing on this post, all I can say is you are remarkably free of the disease of social media, because I did my best to get the word out. We’re doing a show tonight at Oskar Blues in Lyons. I’m hoping to see a … [Read more…]
Hey- it’s Tiny Desk Time! I’m filling the sadness at the passing of Couch by Couchwest by watching Tiny Desk videos. No idea what that is? Tiny Desk is a music series on NPR, and they have an online contest where you send in videos. It lacks the twitter fed witty banter and barroom vulgarity … [Read more…]
Whoa! This post is really by way of a great big thank you. David McIntyre, Lyons local and Americana and roots music connoisseur, was kind enough to spin a track from the record this morning at Boulder station KGNU. He played “The Ballad of Kentucky Slim” on the Morning Sound Alternative this morning. If you … [Read more…]
Here’s another song from Dirt & Heartache for you to check out. That’s John Macy making the pedal steel guitar sound so fantastic. He’s one of the few people on the record who doesn’t live in Lyons. He came all the way up from Denver to lay down these tracks. He really helped make this … [Read more…]
The store is open! Actually, one of you discovered that we had already put the button up for pre-selling CDs last week. You are sneaky. You clicked the button. You get to be first in line when we mail these things in a few weeks- and we’ll throw in some extra stickers just for you. … [Read more…]
As I mentioned last week, I made a record. Those of of you following from the bleachers have known this is coming. I’m pretty excited. It is 21st century technology that makes it possible for someone like me to even contemplate making recordings of songs that are anything beyond what I made in my room … [Read more…]
Well, that took a whole lot longer than I had anticipated. To say the least. About eighteen months ago I sat down with Brian Schey and we talked about making a ‘little record.’ I figured we could get it done by the end of the summer. Summer of 2014 that was. Hah! In July, after … [Read more…]
Whew. After a rainy spring which had a few tense evenings watching the river, the climate has gone back to Colorado normal. The grass is turning brown, it’s 90 plus. The sky is blue. I can’t complain. The record keeps slowly wending it’s way through the process. We’ll be mastering and getting ready for production … [Read more…]